New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-22
OYJO DEMOCRACY.

The machine wins in Ohio, as was 10 DC
expected. Dispatches from that state 10
Eastern Democratic journals had stated' as
the ground for belief that Mr.. Powell would
be nominated for Governor by the Democratic
convention. that he was the only candidate
who had behind him thoroughly organized
machine namely, the Federal Administration
with all It's officials and dependents, and the
powerful concentrated force known as the
I" coal oil gang" by which conventions and
Legislatures have of late years been managed
in that State. "Powell and the Admins
tration' was the rallying cry of the faction
hostile to ex-senator Thurman, to the friends
of Durbin Ward, to Senator Payne because
he had refused to indorse its candidate, ana
TO all the old-line Democrats who have wit
messed with humiliation the triumph OF cor
uption in their party and the crimes to
which the party managers have resorted in
order to defeat the will of the voters.
Endorsement of the President naturally
went with the nomination of Mr.. Powell
The controlling clique embraced men who
had denounced President Cleveland in most
unmeasured terms, but that was when he
declined to give the clique control of patron
age in Ohio. In time tho President came to
sec that he had no chance Of securing
delegation from Ohio favorable to his re-
nomination, unless by support Of the per-
petrators of forgery and other crimes for the
benefit of Ohio Democracy. Then came
appointments expressly for the benefit OF
the clique, and the pardon OF persons con-
victed and the whitcwashlng of persons &C.
cused of crime, so that the men who have
defed tho laws in Cincinnati and Columbus,
and have vet escaped imprisonment, are hand
in glove with the men who have been chosen
to represent "reform' in the Federal Adj
ministraton. They had reason to expect
triumph in the State convention, because
that party cares little for disgrace, but much
for office, and the men who wanted place
and the men who had place were for once
united in supporting the Administration.
When it was known that Mr.. Campbell
censrred the Administration, especially be-
cause he considered the order to restore rebel
flags illegal, ill-judged and improper, the
powers Of a reform Administration with It's
coal oil attachment were concentrated against
iim. Mr.. Foran, of Cleveland, had been
proposed as a candidate acceptable to the
labor voters, and on that ground had been
necessary to give the clique their own way
n order to secure a delegation favorable to
Cleveland and reform next year, and so
Mr.. Powell was nominated and the President
was Endorsed. Influential Democrats and
Mugwumrs from many States, who had posted
in hot haste to Cleveland to prevent rebuie
of the Administration in Ohio, were able TO
90 away happy last night. Probably they
have little idea that Mr.. Powell can be
elected, but the success of the clique means
Endorsement and support Of the President.
which every true reformer desires with all
his heart Defeat in the State election is
pretty certain if the Repub leans do not filter
away their strength in unwise controversy,
and yet the clique and the ofliceholders will
be satisfied even in that defeat if they can
carry out their bargain for the delegation neat
year. 1t may phi .ps be pertinent to re-
mind Civil Service reformers that this is dis
tinctly Q reform Administration.